Burkhard Schafer

Professor of Computational Legal Theory (The University of Edinburgh)

Co-authored publications

Schafer, B. and Keppens, J. (2007) Legal LEGO: Model based computer assisted teaching in evidence courses. In Journal of Information, Law & Technology (Special Issue on Law, Education and Technology) 2007(1): .

Schafer, B., Keppens, J. and Shen, Q. (2007) Thinking with and outside the box: developing computer support for evidence teaching. In Robert, P. and Redmayne, M. (Eds.) Innovations in Evidence and Proof: Integrating Theory, Research And Teaching. 139-158.

Shen, Q., Keppens, J., Aitken, C., Schafer, B. and Lee, M. (2006) A scenario-driven decision support system for serious crime investigation. In Law, Probability and Risk 5(2): 87-117.

Keppens, J. and Schafer, B. (2006) Knowledge Based Crime Scenario Modelling. In Expert Systems with Applications 30(2): 203-222.

Keppens, J. and Schafer, B. (2005) Assumption Based Peg Unification for Crime Scenario Modelling. In Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems. 49-58.

Keppens, J., Shen, Q. and Schafer, B. (2005) Probabilistic Abductive Computation of Evidence Collection Strategies in Crime Investigation. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law. 215-224.

Schafer, B. and Keppens, J. (2005) 'And then there was none' - Indirect proof and hypothetical reasoning in Law. In Archives for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy 97: 177-187.

Keppens, J. and Schafer, B. (2004) 'Murdered by parties unknown' - Speculative Reasoning in Law and Logic. In Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems. 41-51.

Keppens, J. and Schafer, B. (2003) Using the Box to Think Outside It - Creative Scepticism and Computer Decision Support in Criminal Investigations. In Proceedings of the IVR 21st World Congress Special Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in the Law: Creativity in Legal Problem Solving. Published online.